Harpo, Who These Women? Celebs Who Drastically Changed Their Appearance
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Iva Anthony
Julie Chen
Looking “exotic” may be a popular trend now but for Julie Chen, it was a professional liability. Chen admitted that early on in her career, she went under the knife to make her eyes look bigger. When she was 25 years old working in Dayton, OH, the future daytime television co-host asked the news director if she could sit in for a vacationing news anchor. “He said, ‘Let’s face it Julie, how relatable are you to our community,” Chen replayed the conversation on “The Talk.” “How big of an Asian community do we have in Dayton? On top of that, because of your Asian eyes, I’ve noticed that when you’re on camera, you look disinterested and bored.'”
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